Jan Ruml | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
In office 2 July 1992 –7 November 1997 | |
Prime Minister | Václav Klaus |
Preceded by | TomášSokol |
Succeeded by | Jindřich Vodička |
Senator from Prague 6 | |
In office 21 November 1998 –21 November 2004 | |
Preceded by | Jan Koukal |
Succeeded by | Karel Schwarzenberg |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 1 June 1996 –19 June 1998 | |
Member of the Federal Assembly | |
In office 6 June 1992 –31 December 1992 | |
Leader of the US–DEU | |
In office 22 February 1998 –1 December 1999 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Karel Kühnl |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Prague,Czechoslovakia [1] | 5 March 1953
Political party | OF (1989–1991) ODS (1991–1998) US–DEU (1998–2004) SZ (2010–2014) |
Alma mater | University of West Bohemia |
Jan Ruml (born 5 March 1953 in Prague [1] ) is a Czech politician who was interior minister from 1992 to 1997.
Before becoming Interior Minister,Jan Ruml served as deputy Interior Minister in 1991. [2]
Jan Ruml announced his resignation as Interior Minister on 21 October 1997. [3] He then challenged Václav Klaus for the leadership of the Civic Democratic Party over a party funding scandal. [3] [4] However Klaus won with 72% of the vote at a party conference on the 14 December 1997. [3]
Jan Ruml became leader of a breakaway party called Freedom Union,which was founded on the 17 January 1998. [3] He led the party into the 1998 election,where the party won 8.6% of the vote and 19 seats and went into opposition. [3]
Jan Ruml announced his resignation as leader of the Freedom Union on the 1 December 1999. [3]